Glass-framing attachment for window-sashes.



PATENTED JUNE 18, 1905.

C. YAGER.

GLASS FRAMING ATTACHMENT FOE WINDOW SASHES.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 29. 1904.

WITNESSES:

being in section.

Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT EEIcE.

CHARLESYAGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GLASS-FRAMING ATTACHMENT FOR WlNDOW-SASHES- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,375, dated June 13, 1905.

Application filed September 29, 1904:. Serial No. 226,527.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES YAGER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Glass-Framing Attachment for l/VindoW-Sashes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Myinvention relates particularly to a glassframing attachment for window-sashes of all descriptions.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a light, durable, and economic frame for the pane or panes of glass, which frame is hinged to the window-sash in such manner that the glass-carrying frame can be swung out into the room while the sash remains in position in the window-frame, thereby enabling both sides of the glass to be conveniently cleaned without danger to the operator and admitting of more thorough ventilation than when the panes of glass are secured in the sashes in the usual manner.

Another purpose of the invention is to so mount the glass-carrying frame in a windowsash that when the frame is closed in the sash it will be watertight and may be readily locked in its closed position.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a construction of frame of such thin metal as not to obstruct any of the light and at the same time render the frame so strong that it will carry any size or weight of window-glass within reason.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth,and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a plain window-sash and a side elevation of the improved glass-carrying frame, parts of the said frame Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the sash shown in Fig. 1 and the glass-carrying frame hinged thereto,the frame being shown partially open. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken practically on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a similar section taken practically on the line 4. L of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through a window-sash provided with more than one pane of glass and illustrating an independent frame for each pane, the frames being in partially-open. position. Fig. 6 is a partial front elevation of a window-sash adapted to receive a bay or round-topped glass and a side elevation of the glass-carrying frame adapted to such sash, parts of the frame being broken away. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective View of one corner of the frame, illustrating the manner in which abutting socket-bars for the panes of glass are brought together. Fig. 8 is a perspective View of a corner coupling-plate for sections of the frame which abut at angles to each other; and Fig. 9 is a sectional side elevation of a corner of a sash and its glass-carrying frame, illustrating a slight departure in the manner of bracing the frame at its corner portions.

A represents a window-sash of the ordinary type, except that the inner portion of the sash is entirely open, and its'inner face is provided With an angular lining-plate 10, one member 11 whereof extends inward from the outer margin, forming a stop and protective strip for a frame C, adapted to be hinged to the inner portion of the sash, as is shown in Figs. 2v and 5. The sash shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is adapted to hold a single pane of glass B of rectangular shape, and the frame 0, above referred to, carries the glass pane, rendering the same independent of the sash.

The frame 0 consists of any desired number of metal strips 12, made as thin as possible consistent with strength, and these strips are bent as required by the shape of the sash, so that the frame C will snugly fit in the sash. In the construction of the frame 0 where two strips 12 abut at their ends on straight or curved lines couplings 13 are employed, (shown best in Fig. 6,) and these couplings consist of a body-plate (0, adapted to engage with the outer faces of the main frame-plates 12, said body-plate a being straight or more or less curved. as required, and inwardly-extending flanges a, which are located at the longitudinal edges of the body-plate and extend over the inner face of the body-plate, constitute the construction of such couplings. The flanges 11 extend over the inner faces ofthe main frame-plates 12, as is clearly illus trated at the left in Fig. 6, and then screws 14 are employed to connect the body-plate and its flanges with the main frame-plates 12 in a positive manner, the said screws having their heads countersunk in the body-pla e a of a coupling, and their threaded portions are passed through threaded apertures in the main plates 12 and the flanges a of the coupling, as is also shown at the left in Fig. 6. However, when the main plates 12 of the frame 0 meet one another at a right angle, for example, corner-couplings 15 are employed, (shown in detail in Fig. 8,) which corner-coup: lings comprise a vertical body member 15 and a horizontal body member 15", both of the said members being provided with side marginal flanges extending over the inner faces of the body, as is also shown in Fig. 8, which flanges are designated as 7), and these flanges are provided with suitable threaded apertures for the reception of screws 16. The body-plates 15 and 15" are provided with corresponding apertures.

The vertical main )lates 12 of the frame are made to enter the upper member 15 of the corner-couplings, and the horizontal mam plates 12 are made to enter the horizontal members 15 of said couplings. The screws 16 are then passed through the members of the corner-couplings, their flanges, and the main frame-plates 12, as is clearly shown at the left in Fig. 1.

In order to render the frame C as strong as' possible at it corner portions, brace-bars 17 are provided at the top and at the bottom, the said brace-bars being located at each side of the frame, and these brace-bars are provided with heads at one of their ends to be countersunk in one of the corner-couplings 15 and are threaded at their opposite ends, the threaded portions of the bars or rods being screwed into the flange and body portions of the vertical members of the corner-couplings and likewise in the main frame-plates 12.

The edges of the glass B are received in socket-bars D, which socket-bars are hollow and triangular in cross-section, as is best shown in Figs. 4 and 7, and at their apex or inner contracted portions longitudinal slots 18 are produced, extending from end to end of a socket-bar. These socket-bars are made of spring material, spring metal being preferably employed, and the slots 18 are just sufficiently wide to permit the edges of the glass to pass through them under the tension of the side members of the socket-bars, as is clearly demonstrated in Figs. 2, 1, and 5. The said socket-bars D are secured to the inner faces of the main frame-bars 12 by screws 19 or their equivalents, as is shown in Fig. 4. These socket-bars are placed in position on a pane of glass and before they are attached to the main strips 12 of the frame. here the vertical socket-bar D is to be brought in engagement with a horizontal socket-bar, as shown in Fig. 7, the vertical socket-bar is flanged outward at its lower end, as is shown at 20 in said Fig. 7, so that the lower end portion of the vertical socket-bar will fit snugly upon the horizontal socket-bar, bringing their slots 18 in communication one with the other.

It may be here stated that the flanges on the couplings employed are of such width that they will closely approach the side edges of the socket-bars D at their base portions when the said socket-bars are in position on the frame. A suitable finish for the frame 0 is obtained by screwing or otherwise securing molding 21 to the inner face of the main framebars 12, said molding being in engagement with and concealing the side portions of the socket-bars D. Thus it will be observed that the frame 0 carries the pane B and is entirely independent of the sash A; but this frame C is connected with the sash A by means of hinges 22, suitably applied, so that the frame 0, with the glass carried thereby, may be swung into the room and the glass cleaned upon both sides in a convenient manner and without danger to the operator, and said pane-carrying frame 0 can be opened to a greater or lesser extent to regulate ventilation.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated a sash A as providedwith a center rail 23, dividing the sash into two compartments, each of which is provided with a lining-plate 10, having a suitable stop-flange 11, and in each of the spaces thus provided in the sash a pane-carrying frame U of the character which has been described is located, and each frame is independently hinged to the sash. When the frames C are closed in the sashes A and A, they will strike against the lining-flanges 11 and 11, and in this manner a tight joint is provided, rendering the space between the frame and the sash waterproof.

In Fig. 9 I have illustrated a slight departure in the manner of strengthening the corners of the frame 0, wherein the long rods 17 are dispensed with and lengthy screws 2% are substituted, which screws are passed diagonally from one member 15 of a corner-coupling to the other member 15 at each side of said coupling, the heads of the screws being suitably countersunk and their other ends screwed into the opposing member of the coupling.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated the adaptation of the improved framing attachment for windows to a sash adapted to receive a bow or round topped glass in which the lower portion of the frame 0 is rectangular and the upper portion arched. The construction of this frame is substantially the same as that which has been described, comprising mam straight frame-str1ps 25 and curved strips 25,

the curved and straight strips being connected where they abut by the intermediate couplings 13, heretofore referred to. The cornercouplings 15, which have also been described, are employed to connect the main strips 25 at the corners of the frame. entirety is connected with the sash by hinges 22*, and brace-rods 17 are also used in its construction, extending from one coupling to the other.

There the couplings 13 and 15 are located on the frame for the glass pane or panes, the lining for the sash is cut away, so that the glass-carrying frame may fit evenly in the sash, and at that side of the glass-carrying frame opposite the hinged side a spring-latch 26 is located, adapted when the frame is closed in the sash to enter the latter.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A window-sash having a stop-flange at its inner marginal edge, and a glass-carrying frame hinged to the sash, which frame consists of a series of strips in engagement with each other and shaped to the inner contour of the sash, couplings for the strips, and spring socket-bars secured to the inner faces of the strips, said spring socket-bars having longitudinal slots to receive the edges of a pane of glass.

2. A window-sash having a stop-flange at its inner marginal edge and a glass-carrying frame hinged to the sash, which frame consists of a series of strips in engagement with each other and shaped to the inner contour of the sash, couplings for the strips, and spring socket-bars secured to the inner faces of the The frame in its strips, said spring socket-bars having longitudinal slots to receive the edges of a pane of glass, molding secured to the frame-strips, concealing the said socket-bars, braces for the glass-carrying frame passed through the strips and their couplings, and a latch carried by the frame and adapted to enter the sash.

3. A window-sash having a stop-flange at its inner marginal edge and a glass-carrying frame hinged to the sash, which frame consists of a series of strips in engagement with each other and shaped to the inner contour of the sash, couplings for the abutting ends of the strips, including substantially straight couplings and corner-couplings, each coupling comprising a body-section for engagement with the outer faces of the frame-strips and flange-sections at the side edges of the body, which extend over the inner faces of the frame-strips, and means for securing the couplings to the strips, hollow socket-bars constructed of spring material and triangular in cross-section, which socket-bars are attached at their base portions to the inner faces of the frame-strips and are provided at their contracted surfaces with longitudinal slots to receive the edges of a pane of glass, braces for said frame located where the couplings are applied to the frame, and a latch for said frame, adapted to enter said sash.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES YAGER. Witn es s es:

LOUIES HUEK, PETE CORN. 

